Comments on: Midweek Miscellany http://www.casualoptimist.com/2010/03/17/midweek-miscellany-12/ Books, Design & Culture Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:52:33 +0000 hourly 1 By: Dan http://www.casualoptimist.com/2010/03/17/midweek-miscellany-12/comment-page-1/#comment-4594 Dan Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:08:58 +0000 http://www.casualoptimist.com/?p=3929#comment-4594 Hey Davidikus: I haven't read the Flaunt book. As a decidedly non-designer, I would have difficulty justifying buying it! I keep hearing good things about it through the grapevine though... The H&FJ poster wasn't the most extreme example of mixing fonts that they used, but I thought it was a rather elegant one. I hope you've had chance to read the whole article. Thanks as always for your thoughts. :-) Hey Davidikus: I haven’t read the Flaunt book. As a decidedly non-designer, I would have difficulty justifying buying it! I keep hearing good things about it through the grapevine though…

The H&FJ poster wasn’t the most extreme example of mixing fonts that they used, but I thought it was a rather elegant one. I hope you’ve had chance to read the whole article.

Thanks as always for your thoughts. :-)

]]> By: Davidikus http://www.casualoptimist.com/2010/03/17/midweek-miscellany-12/comment-page-1/#comment-4593 Davidikus Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:39:55 +0000 http://www.casualoptimist.com/?p=3929#comment-4593 Despite the Frengrish (it's obviously "bonne humeur", not "bon humeur", the H&FJ poster is rather impressive. I am not sure I understand what they are varying, and what remains but hopefully I shall understand better from the original post. Have you read the Flaunt it book about portfolios? The mixing of font is not entirely successful (they have done a great job in bringing the x-height of the cursive font to match the roman but the contrast between x/h proportions remains a bit clumsy, don't you think? In any case, I should probably buy this book at some point (namely: when I have money). Despite the Frengrish (it’s obviously “bonne humeur”, not “bon humeur”, the H&FJ poster is rather impressive. I am not sure I understand what they are varying, and what remains but hopefully I shall understand better from the original post.

Have you read the Flaunt it book about portfolios? The mixing of font is not entirely successful (they have done a great job in bringing the x-height of the cursive font to match the roman but the contrast between x/h proportions remains a bit clumsy, don’t you think? In any case, I should probably buy this book at some point (namely: when I have money).

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